different between periodic vs compactify

English

Alternative forms

• periodick (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (períodos, “cycle, period of time”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??i??d?k/, /?p??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??i??d?k/
• Rhymes: -?d?k
• Hyphenation: pe?ri?od?ic

Adjective

periodic (not comparable)

1. Relative to a period or periods.
2. Having repeated cycles.

   Synonym: cyclic

3. Occurring at regular intervals.

   Synonyms: cyclic; see also Thesaurus:periodic

4. Periodical.
5. (astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.

   Antonym: non-periodic

6. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of ${\displaystyle k}$ time steps, for some ${\displaystyle k>1}$.

   Antonym: aperiodic

7. (rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.

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Translations

Etymology 2

From per- +? iodic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: "pûr??d'?k, IPA^(key): /?p???a???d?k/

Adjective

periodic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; of or derived from a periodic acid.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• poricide

Ladin

Adjective

periodic m pl

1. plural of periodich

English

Etymology

compact +? -ify

Verb

compactify (third-person singular simple present compactifies, present participle compactifying, simple past and past participle compactified)

1. (humorous, intransitive) To become compact or more compact.
2. (humorous, transitive) To render (a thing) compact or more compact.
3. (mathematics, transitive) To enlarge (a topological space) in order to render it compact.
4. (physics, transitive) To adjust a theory so as to render finite or periodic (a theoretical space-time dimension).

Derived terms

• paracompactifying

See also

• Compactification (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Compactification (physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia